Melissa Z. Kelly

Biography

Education:

J.D., cum laude; The University of Akron School of Law, May 2003

B.A., magna cum laude; New York University, May 1999

Experience:

2016 to Present: Attorney, Appellate and Legal Issues Group; Tucker Ellis LLP

2012 to 2016: Career Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Nancy A. Vecchiarelli, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

2011 to 2012: Immigration Staff Attorney; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; New York, New York

2009 to 2011: Associate Attorney; Spangenberg, Shibley and Liber; Cleveland, Ohio

2008 to 2009: Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Peter W. Hall, Circuit Judge; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Rutland, Vermont

2004 to 2008: Staff Attorney; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; New York, New York

2003 to 2004: Law Clerk/Associate Attorney; Oldham & Dowling; Akron, Ohio

Bar Admissions:

Ohio

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Courses Taught:

Legal Analysis, Research and Writing